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Top 100 Cocktails

Some hot serves feature as we continue our countdown of the top 100 cocktails, plus a New Orleans special, just in time for Tales of the Cocktail next week.

Hot Buttered Rum

Glass: Toddy
Garnish: Cinnamon stick & lemon slice (studded with cloves)
Method: Place bar spoon loaded with honey in warmed glass. Add other ingredients and stir until honey and butter are dissolved.
2 spoon Runny honey
1 knob Unsalted butter
2 shot Bacardi Gold Rum
1 spoon Freshly grated nutmeg
Top up with Boiling water
Comment: In 'The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks', David Embury says, "The Hot Spiced Rum is bad enough, but the lump of butter is the final insult. It blends with the hot rum just about as satisfactorily as warm olive oil blends with champagne!"

It's rare for me to question Embury but I rather like this slightly oily, warming, spicy toddy. This drink is even better when you use heated dry cider in place of boiling water.